Russia’s car sharing market grew fivefold in 2018, reaching some 7 billon rubles (approximately $110 million), according to Sberbank, a major state-controlled financial institution.
Total spending amounted to 1 billion rubles (roughly $15 million) in January 2019, up 5% from December 2018.
In 2018, users spent a monthly average of 3,467 rub. ($55) , each trip amounting to 260 rub. ($4.1).
Moscow accounts for 85% of the market. There were 16,000 car sharing vehicles in Moscow by the end of 2018 and 3,800 vehicles in other parts of the country.
Blablacar is the market leader. Having developed activities in Ukraine and Russia since 2014, the French unicorn acquired a Mail.Ru Group service last year to consolidate its leadership.
